'There is only one thing more uncertain than the future, that is the past' Russian proverb from the Stalin era, shamelessly nicked from the inside cover of Back to the Future 2 (Yup, I got stuck somewhere for a few hours and it was the only text written in English).

Grand Emperor Mao gave the Masses of the People's Republic Of China the Politically Correct Revised History years ago. Only Reactionary Enemies of the State have a desire to wreck what the Party and its Loyal Followers have brought to China. And with the Tragic Events of what happened to the Nipponese a month ago, soon such Policies will be spread throughout the Greater Chinese-East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, especially since Comrade Obama has promised to remove the remnants of the Imperialist's Military Forces from the region through his latest Budget Proposals. All Hail the People's Party!

Communism subscribes to a purely linear view of history and the future - there was only one past possible and one future possible, and commies are in a steady evolution towards whatever commie nirvana is: the worker's paradise thing.

They have to ignore that history and human behavior is cyclical and repeats over and over, and eliminate time travel along with Christianity and every other belief that encourages people to think independently.

The community activist went to hell, and met Karl Marx. KM: you have a choice now, Communist Hell or Capitalist Hell.CA: what is the difference?KM: they are in theory the same. In both, your skin is cut off with knives, you are boiled in oil, and chained to a rock where a vulture tears at your liver for all eternity.CA: Why is there a line to get into Communist Hell?KM: Because it is Communist! Some days we don't have knives, some days we don't have oil, the chains are old and rusty, and the vulture only comes if he gets a bribe.

It is just that there are ways to preserve the nation and remove/treat/accommodate the wackos, when they aren't tyrants.

Take America today. We have a Constitution that requires candidates for President to be born in the US, presumably with a birth certificate, to at least one adult American citizen. Um. Let met get back to that.

In the US we have a Constitution that requires the President to run the nation, a Congress to set the budget and make the laws, and courts to impartially determine who is violating the laws and the Constitution. . . Um, let me get back to that.

Here we have due process, and Congress reviews all the high level appointments the President wants to make to important positions within the government. . . . Um.

I mean, we have this nifty Constitution, but if we aren't going to read it, and abide by it, then where are the mechanisms to avoid and counter the next tyrant that blows into town?

This really doesn't look good for the future. Or today, for that matter.